NSTA's Project for an Energy Enriched Curriculum

 

The Project for an Energy-Enriched Curriculum (PEEC) reported was a long-running effort at infusing energy/environment/economics (E/E/E) themes into the K-12 curriculum. While it was conducted as a single integrated effort by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), it is supported by a series of contracts and grants, during the period 1976 to 1984, from the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) and the US Department of Energy (DOE).

 

Final Report, full of summaries, good info, etc:

http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?query_id=1&page=0&osti_id=6342062&Row=0

 

 

CURRICULUM MODULES

 

Community Workers and the Energy They Use.

Bloch, Lenore, Chris Hatch, Olivia Swinton, et al.\ 1977.

EDM-1030.

80pp.  

Intended  for grade 2.

http://eric.ed.gov:80/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED153845

This instructional unit for the second grade is intended to stimulate the child's curiosity to know more and to grasp relationships through a blending of ideas about energy with a study of the effect of the use of energy on the livelihood of people in the community. There are four lessons in the unit. The first, Introduction to Energy, deals with the question, "What is energy and energy conservation?" The second lesson, Community Workers Who Work Directly With the Sources of Energy, discusses farmers, grocers, food processors, oil workers, gas station attendants, and meter readers. The third lesson is entitled Community Workers Whose Work Depends on a Continual Supply of Energy. The fourth lesson is Community Workers Who Make Decisions About Energy. Each lesson contains complete teacher and student materials including background readings, objectives, teaching strategies, and suggestions for extending the learning outside the classroom. (BB)

 

Agriculture, Energy, and Society.

Brock, Phyllis, Johrj Day, Gloria Hill, Andrew * Pogan, et al. Revised by Emmet Wright -and -Robert Snyder. 1978.

59pp teacher's manual plus 48pp student guide.

Intended fbr grades 10-12.        

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED153841

 

Energy   Transitions   in   United   States   History.  

Brown;   Evelyn,   /Arthur   Goldman,    Bette   Johnson,    et   al.      1979..

60pp  ^teacher's   manual   plus   57pp student guide.

Intended for grades 8 & 9.

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED179374

 

Energy in the Global Marketplace.

Brown, Evelyn, John Day, Arthur Goldman, Kenneth P. Weeden et al. 1978. 

39pp teaclier's manual plus Upp student guide.

Intended for grades 9-11.

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED157819

 

Mathematics in Energy.

Brown, Evelyn, Lois Lut£fe, Charles Durr, et al. 1978. '

54pp teacher's manual plus 56pp student guide.

Intended for grades 8 & 9.

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED167401

 

Energy, Engines, and the Industrial Revolution.

Childs, Barbara, Arthur Golcfrnan, Bette Johnson, Leon Scipio, et al. 1977.

37pp teacher's manual plus 41pp student  guide.     Intended  for grades 8'&  9.

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED153843

 

Transportation and the City.

 Childs, Barbara, Arthur Goldman, Bette Johnson, Leon Scipio, et al. 1977. 

23pp teacher's manual and 19pp student guide.

Intended for grades 8  &  9.  

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED153844

 

U.S.      Energy      Policy:      Which      Direction?

Christensen,    John    W. ,    Robert   Snyder,    John    Day,    Kenneth   P. Weeden     et     al.        1980.        

blpp    teacher's manual plus  134pp  student  guide.  

Intended  for grades  11   &   12.

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED157820

 

Western Coal: Boom or Bust?

Day, John, Kenneth P. Weeden, et al. 1979^ 

36pp teacher's manual plus 34pp  student guide.    

Intended for grades 9-11.

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED179375

 

Networks: How Energy Links People, Goods, ana Services.

 Johnson, Bette, Olivia Swinton, et al. 1978.

' HCP/U 3941-0005. 0~ak Ridgg,    TN;      DOE   Technical   Information    Center.      A    Project    for   an

Energy-Enriched Curriculum unit.*

66pp teacher's manual plus 32pp student guide.

Intended for grades 4 & 5.

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED180794 

 

 

Bringing' Energy to the People: Ghana and the 'U.S.

 Lendsey, ' Jacquelyn   L. ,    Bette   Johnson,    Olivia   Swjnton,    et   al. 1978.      

29pp teacher's manual plus 20pp student guide.

Intended for grades 6 & 7.

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED157817

 

Two   Energy   Gulfs. 

 Lendsey,    Jacqueline   L.,    Arthur   Goldman,    Chris   Hatch¬ªf   et   al. 1979.       

47pp     teacher's (? manual     plus     44pV>     student     guide.

Intended, for grades 6  &  7.

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED179351

 

Energy and Transportation.

Project for an Energy-Enriched Curriculum. 1978.

76pp.    

Intended  for grade 3.

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED167402 (draft)

 

The Energy Dome.

DOE/CA/06083-03.

Project for. an Energy-Enriched Curriculum. 1980.

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED186315

 

The Energy Future Today.

Project for an ^Energy-Enriched Curriculum. 1980. 

DOE/CA/06083-01.

Intended for grades 7-9  social studies.

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED186316

 

 

Energy Systems ~ Present, Future. (Extra Terrestrials?)

DOE/CA/06083-03. Oak Ridge, TN: DOE

Technical Information CeViter.    

Project for an Energy-Enriched Curriculum. 1980. 

Intended for grades 7-9 science.'

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED186282

 

The Energy We Use.

 Project for an Energy-Enriched Curriculum. 1977. 

HCP/U 3841-08. Oak Ridge, TN: DOE Technical Information Center.    

42pp.    

Intended for grades  1  & 2.

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED153846

 

How a Bill Becomes a Law to Conserve Energy.

HCP/U 3841-10. Oak Ridge, TN:

Project for an Energy-Enriched Curriculum. 1977. 

DOE Technical Information Center.

59pp teacher's manual plus 54pp student guide.    

Intended for grades 10-12.

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED153842

 

 

An Energy History of the United States

Grades 8-9

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED157818

 

How Energy Links People, Goods and Services

Grades 4 & 5

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED153859

 

 

 

How We Make Energy Work.

Project for an Energy-Enriched Curriculum. ,1980. 

DOE/CA/06083-02. Oak Ridge, TN: DOE Technical Information Center.  

Intended  for grades 4-6,   science.

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED186281

 

 

 

Factsheet 18: Alt Energy: ED157744

 

Energy-Environment Mini-Unit Guide: ED111664

This unit is one part of a three-part National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) series on energy-environment. The goal of this NSTA project is to create a collection of mini-units that provide materials for science and social studies teachers in grades K-12. These materials are intended to make teaching more interdisciplinary and to stimulate decision making in young children. Activities are sought that will enable students to: understand and use existing fundamental concepts in the energy-environment area; identify and evaluate personal and community practices, attitudes, and values related to energy-environment issues; and make effective decisions and/or define their views of appropriate actions on energy-environment issues. 

 

NSTA Energy-Environment Source Book: ED111662

This source book, one part of a three-part NSTA series on energy-environment, is written for teachers who wish to incorporate material on the complex subject of energy into their teaching. This work is divided into two volumes, each with numerous tables and figures, along with appendices containing a glossary, mathematics primer, heat engine descriptions, and nuclear energy discussion. Volume 1 (Energy, Society, and the Environment) deals with energy and its relationship with conservation, the environment, the economy, and strategies for energy conservation. In Volume 2 (Energy, Its Extraction, Conversion, and Use), topics discussed include the rate of energy consumption, future sources of energy, and the increased cost of energy. (Author/CP)

 

Energy-Environment Materials Guide: ED111663

This publication, one part of a three-part NSTA series on energy-environment, is a sampling of current energy literature. The references are divided into four separate categories, each directed for a specific audience: readings for teachers, readings for students (grades 8-10); Readings for students (grades 5-9); and readings for students (grades K-6). Included in four appendices are guides for films and audio-visual materials, curriculum materials, sources of information, and government documents. (Author/CP

 

 

 

 

 

 

FACT SHEETS

Fact Sheets, 30 on Worldcat:

http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=hotseries&q=se:%22Fact+sheet+-+Dept.+of+Energy%22

On GPO.gov:

http://catalog.gpo.gov/F/ILH1MSK4JU1MK67JRJFP9Y2L3KBQSJDRMXDI8A4IEPH27J73R7-07724?func=find-acc&acc_sequence=002084715

 

1977 Versions:

1. Fuels from Plants (Bioconversion) 

2. Fuels from Wastes (Bioconversion) 

http://www.worldcat.org/title/fuels-from-wastes-bioconversion/oclc/4693589&referer=brief_results 

3. Wind Power  

4. Electricity from the Sun I (Solar Photovoltaic Energy)

http://www.worldcat.org/title/electricity-from-the-sun-i-solar-photovoltaic-energy/oclc/4720918&referer=brief_results

5. Electricity from the Sun II (Solar Thermal Energy Conversion) 

6. Solar Sea Power (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) 

7. Solar Heating and Cooling 

8. Geothermal Energy 

9. Energy Conservation: Homes and Buildings 

http://www.worldcat.org/title/energy-conservation-homes-and-buildings/oclc/37279273&referer=brief_results 

10. Energy Conservation: Industry 

11. Energy Conservation: Transportation 

12. Conventional Reactors 

13. Breeder Reactors 

14. Nuclear Fusion 

15. New Fuels from Coal 

16. Energy Storage Technology 

17. Alternative Energy Sources: Environmental Impacts 

18. Alternative Energy Sources: A Glossary of Terms 

19. Alternative Energy Sources: A Bibliography 

 

1978:

1. Biofuels 

2. Burning Coal 

3. Wind Power 

4. Electricity from the Sun I: Photovoltaic 

5. Electricity from the Sun II: Solar Thermal 

http://www.worldcat.org/title/electricity-from-the-sun-ii-solar-thermal-energy-conversion/oclc/5338351&referer=brief_results 

6. Oil Shale and Tar Sands 

7. Solar Heating and Cooling 

8. Geothermal Energy 

9. Energy Conservation: Homes and Buildings 

10. Energy Conservation: Industry 

11. Energy Conservation: Transportation 

12. Conventional Reactors 

13. Breeder Reactors 

14. Nuclear Fusion 

15. New Fuels from Coal 

16. Energy Storage 

17. Centralized Versus Decentralized Energy Production 

18. Fuel Cells 

19. Energy Technology

20. Energy Glossary

 

MICROCOMPUTER SOFTWARE

 

From "PROJECT FOR AN ENERGY-ENRICHED CURRICULUM MICROCOMPUTER PROJECT", Nature Study, p36.

Edward C. Hall, Jr., Wayland High School Science Department, Wayland,   MA 01778

 

During the summer of 1981, the National Science Teachers Association carried out Project for an Energy-enriched Curriculum (PEEC) with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. The project was based at Technical Education Research Centers in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and focused on materials appropriate to high school students. The overall goal was to create usable software packages that dealt with energy topics. The units now undergoing teacher review and testing are described below. All are intended primarily for high school and junior high school use, and some are also appropriate for use in junior colleges.

 

1. "Power Plant Engineer"
(TRS-80 and Apple II): This program is a simulation of an electric utility. The student will operate a system consisting of ten power plants in order to provide electric power throughout a given day. Success on this simulation is based on the number of points accumulated. Points are awarded for meeting demand without an excess, choosing the most inexpensive options, anticipating future demand, and adjusting for randomly occurring breakdowns. The simulation is complex and will require students to learn realistic strategies for operation of an electric utility.

 

2. "Energy Conversions"
(TRS-80 and Apple II): This program serves two purposes. First, it can be used as a resource base for students and teachers. The program will allow the user to make conversions from one energy unit to another (i.e., tons of coal to barrels of oil). The second part of the program calls for problem solving with the use of the conversion factors. Students are asked to set up problems based on fuel type, efficiency, fuel use, and energy produced.

 

3. "Personal Energy Inventory"
(TRS-80 and Apple II)
: Students learn about their own consumption of energy by using this program in combination with a survey of personal energy use. Students are asked to keep track of their energy use for a series of days. This includes transportation, heating, hot water, appliances, and other uses of energy. They enter the data from their survey into the computer each day. Then they can use the results to compare two separate days, or compare their use to local and national averages.

 

4. "Temperature Grapher"
(Apple II): This program utilizes a thermistor (temperature-sensitive) probe that plugs into the game paddle input on an Apple II computer. Students can use one or more thermistors to record graphically the temperature in a variety of laboratory experiments. Students can use this thermistors in many energy applications. For example, measurements of temperature inside a solar collector can be recorded and saved on the computer. Temperature changes of different materials can be recorded simultaneously by using two thermistors.

 

5. "Home Energy Savings"
(TRS-80 and Apple II): This is a game that can be played by one or more students. The object of the game is to make sensible investments in energy conservation in the home. In the process of playing the game, students learn about various insulation methods, storm windows and doors, furnace replacement, thermostat lowering, and other conservation measures. The program involves students in friendly competition for energy savings.

 

6. "Electric Bill"
(TRS-80 and Apple II): In this program students learn about the computation of an electric bill. The students can see the different parts to an electric bill and then learn the methods used for calculating a given bill. In addition to numerical computation, students can see the computations of various bills in a graphic form. Several rate structures are illustrated in this program.

 

 

ENERGY EDUCATION WORKSHOP HANDBOOK 

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED180794

This handbook is designed to help teachers, supervisors, club leaders, and in-service directors lead workshops in energy education. It is based primarily on materials produced by Project for an Energy-Enriched Curriculum (PEEC), but can be modified for use with other materials. The handbook contains six chapters including: (1) Introducing the PEEC Packets; (2) What Are the Facts Behind the Energy Crisis; (3) Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching Energy; (4) Infusing Energy Topics into Traditional Subjects; (5) Adapting PEEC Materials to Regional Interests; and (6) Workshop Planning Aids. (Author/RE)

 

NEWSLETTER

Energy & Education, was born in the fall of 1977, bimonthly. $9 subscription  with 1981 issue (Volume 5, No. 1), now produced three volumes. "Energy & Education is in many ways our most important product."

http://www.worldcat.org/title/energy-education/oclc/8654728&referer=brief_results

looks like only University of New South Wales has Vol 2, No 1 (1978) - v.5, No 2 (1982)

http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/8654728?page=frame&url=http://lrd.library.unsw.edu.au/F/%3Ffunc%3Dfind-b%26find_code%3DISSN%26request%3D0891-0979%26checksum%3D6f6e7aec36c5735d7acbd62a1b072b54&title=University+of+New+South+Wales&linktype=opac&detail=LJ1:University+of+New+South+Wales:Academic+Library

Kept going? Energy & Education, v10 n4 pD2-D15 Apr 1987

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=EJ356016

Another Journal: Journal of Energy Eduction, vol 1 #1

NOT ONLINE: http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED166025

 

 

2. The Regional Energy Education Network, REEN 

 

 

CONFERENCES

3. Practitioners Conferences 

 "First Annual Practitioners Conference on Energy Education" at the University of Maryland in 

December 1978, reported in 1/79 Energy & Education.

Second: Rockford College in Rockford, Illinois in late 1979. 

Third Practitioners Conference held in November 1980 at the Tennessee 

Valley Authority's Land Between the Lakes conference center.

 

Other Energy References The Fourth Practitioners Conference held at the 4-H Center in 

Washington, D.C., December 10-12, 1981, was the last of these events.

The National Council for Energy in Education was a major outcome of last one

http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SAB1=4-H+Energy+Education+Workshop&BOOL1=all+of+these&FLD1=Title+(TKEY)&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=any+of+these&FLD2=Subject+(SKEY)&GRP2=AND+with+next+set&SAB3=&BOOL3=as+a+phrase&FLD3=Title+(TKEY)&GRP3=AND+with+next+set&SAB4=&BOOL4=as+a+phrase&FLD4=Author+Name+(NKEY)&PID=npiyS4lrd_AZmUeRMKxmmER&SEQ=20101206170807&CNT=25&HIST=1

 

 

 

National Conference on Energy Education was held in Detroit on November 22, 1981. 

 simultaneously with the Annual Meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies

 

The International Energy Information Forum and Workshop for Educators, held June 10-12, 1982 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee

 

 

Unpublished Work

 

Final Report page 8: "With the change in publication policy of the new administration in 1981, no further packets have been published, and several have been withdrawn from publication. All the remaining classroom packets (the full set of 38 is listed in Appendix 4), however, have gone through the full PEEC developmental process described above and turned into the program office at DOE as finished manuscripts. NSTA owns the copyrights to the unpublished manuscripts and has made a considerable effort to find ways and means to get them into print."

 

 

 

 

NSTA convened a group of teacher educators from science, social studies, and mathematics in summer 1980 to produce lesson collections and suggestions for the use of PEEC materials in education "methods" courses. The participants in this writing session are listed in Appendix 2. [NOT THERE?] The five collections developed from that session are listed below. 

     Energy in Secondary School Science Teacher Education 

     Energy in Elementary School Science Teacher Education 

     Energy in Secondary School Social Studies Teacher Education 

     Energy in Elementary School Social Studies Teacher Educaiton 

     Energy Education in Middle/3unior High School Mathematics Teacher Education 

They were used and revised the following year, but met with the same decision not to publish which has hampered our other efforts.